Tag: self-discipline

I turned twenty-nine a few days ago. It’s a funny age, 29, because it’s the age just before the ‘big one’, and don’t people let you know it! Suddenly that ‘thirty things to do before thirty’ list that keeps popping up on your newsfeed becomes a bit sharper in your focus, and you start revisiting… Read more

I was speaking recently to someone about the concept of progress, or progression. The notion of progress is evocative, and understandably so: it speaks to the part of everyone that wants to be better or improve, and in that way it’s closely connected to the idea of realising your dreams. But the actual tangible process… Read more

I think everyone should write. Or type. It doesn’t necessarily need to be something that others would find worth reading, although that’s obviously a positive, it could just be a list, or a few lines, or just some disjointed jottings on your laptop or a piece of paper you have next to your bed. I… Read more

Bear with me for this. I know this is a training blog, not a life-coaching seminar but I want to share some beliefs I have that apply equally to life as much as they do to training, in my humble opinion. Besides if this was part of a life-coaching seminar you’d be paying a lot… Read more

I’ve got good news and bad news for you. If you’ve been training for a while, it might not actually be news for you, but it might be something you don’t want to hear. It’s something that has taken me a long time to realise and accept. I’ve been in denial about it for a… Read more

It’s obviously no secret that Bruce Lee holds a pretty high status not just among martial arts aficionados but millions of people the world over, based largely on his near-mythic athletic exploits. I have just started to read more into him , and while there seems to be a fair amount of the expected hubris… Read more

So, you’ve got over the initial hump of making the gym a habit. You’ve been past the honeymoon period where lifting that first weight felt amazing, and you’ve got past the 2 month sticking point where most people give up (normally around the middle of February). You can call yourself a regular gym-goer and you’ve… Read more

Everyone struggles for motivation sometimes. Here are some of the things I have found myself thinking about when I’m walking to the gym that always help me get in the mood to make a potentially lacklustre session into a positive one. 1. Live in the present I always find it a bit cheesy when people… Read more

If you live in the UK you’ll doubtless have heard of a certain advert on the London Underground which has recently sparked minor uproar, including an actual protest in Hyde Park. If you don’t and you haven’t try and guess what this advert displayed, to cause such an outrage. More images of the Prophet Mohammed?… Read more